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I wake up at 6 am these days. I am living a better and healthy life now.
I am having difficulty to sleep in the night so I decide I would wake up at 5 a.m. from now on.
Generally, I wake up at 8am. But, I am getting old and putting on weight. I must follow a healthy lifestyle. It would be better if I get up by 5.30 in the morning.
Yes, I am always running late so I miss out on my workout. In fact, no morning walks at all. I got no fixed time.. I end up snoozing my alarms every morning. So it would be
6 a.m. every morning
Good investments for your morning ritual include:
My investment is really paying me well - it is time for returns. My tomato plants are getting heavied down with bunch f tomatoes. Got roses.
Couldn't be happier than this.
Working on a few things that I wanted to do for a long time but failed to do so. Finally, my morning routine helped me to do so.
It is going so great, now I feel so energetic and motivated from the morning!
I work out and meditate in the morning.
Not sure what I will do but I guess I will work out and then get along with my daily chores. So that I have some free time in the afternoon.
I think, I would do something positive with the extra time. I would go out for a walk and do some gardening.
Oh yes I will exercise that is why I need to wake up early.
This great tool, first proposed by Steve Pavlina, forces you to focus on the hardest part of changing behaviors–getting through the initial conditioning phase.
Yes yes yes... I did it!
I tried it December last year but failed miserably. This is my second try - I am working to make a homestead. I also get a chance to change the look of my home. As my kids wake up, doing these thing get tough so I am enjoying my morning hours.
It has been more that one and a half months.. I think I have got habituated but still cant dismiss the idea of enjoying a late morning.
Not being long, but tried it for 4 days. Rest of the days I slept till 8 am. It's harder than I thought!
It's 2 weeks now and I guess I am still doing good!
For the last 1 week I am waking uo at 6.30 am. It gave me enough time to tidy up myself and get some work out. Really happy about that, but it is still not a habit.
By getting yourself moving you can boost your heart rate, making it easier to keep from falling back to sleep.
I have kept my alarm at the other end my room - so I actually have to walk down the walk to silent it. Next to it, is my washroom. I go and get a cold splash and I am awake.
I have always failed at it. I think I neve gave it my best shot - but enough is enough. I will be up at 6 am from now.
I have this problem to stay awake. Always tend fall asleep. After this activity, I could easily get to my normal morning routine without feeling tired or sleepy.
A brilliant way to prevent my eyes from shutting down!
I remember I have been bullied around in my high school for being weak. I never participated in any sports even.. (never got selcted in the team). So this morning routine has helped me alot. I am working out and I actually look good. I feel confident to go and talk to the girls as well.
Much more flexible! It has also improved my stamina.. Not that old anymore!
Gaining strength - it's what I wanted to do!
I do light low-intensity work outs.
It really works like a miracle. Hope it works even in the fall.
Though I generally love sit back on the couck with a cup of coffee, but I think that is where I was going wrong. I will stretch for 5 minutes as soon as the alarm rings! I promise to myself.
It is taking me less effort to get going and not to fall asleep. I in fact feel so energized and active.16 days more to go...
There was a time, when no alarm to wake me up and now the same guy is showing up way too early. I was depressed, but things are changing for good ... and yes as soon the alarm rings I don't stay on the bed. I did hit the door couple of times but that is still okay. A hard blow that wakes me up is still appreciated!
Don’t delay your ritual by eating breakfast, answering e-mail or having a shower.
I have eliminated the unimportant so no need to procrastinate. I clean up as soon as I do the mess, Saves me time in the morning.
I really do a lot of things that are unimportant like cleaning up last nights mess, taking a cup of coffee and reading books for almost an hour. I am too lazy that is why probably my days end in a big ZERO.
Okay, I will work it out.
Why wasting time doing the unimportant things first? As I realized, I saved quality time for myself!
I have always focus on the unimportant things so far! This is something new that I have learned! As I skipped everythign I got more time to workout in the morning.
The fit thing that I do after getting up is to get fresh and then go for a brisk walk.
Changed my usual morning ritual... I am actually having more than an hour in my hand by 10am. After I work out, I take a shower and eat breakfast. I guess I am super-fast now, not lazy! Bottom line is; it worked great for me.
If you write down exactly when you’ll wake up and what you’ll do when you wake up it’s easy to go back on your commitment.
I do maintain a journal, as well as a white board! It is really motivating and pushes me to do it even if I am feeling low.
I don't need this write up anymore. It is a habit now - A GOOD HABIT!
We remember visuals better.So,writing it down helped me a lot to remember my motto and kept me focused.
New year, new resolution - content change not hte habit.
It works like a reminder and as I am closing to a month of following I really don't require much of a push.. I think it is becoming my habit now. Really Glad!
6.30 am in big bold letters!
Through out this one month I have never failed. It kept me motivated.
I will wake up at 6.30am and do some yoga.
Written in big bold letters and pinned to the front wall of my bed! I see it, and know I have to get out of the bed. It works like some driving force acting against my will craving to sleep.. Hahaha..
I have written it down and sticked it at two places. 1. on my bedside table - right beside my alarm clock.
2. on the refrigerator.
Stick to your wake-up time or investment plan for the whole thirty days. If you skip a day or two throughout the trial you sabotage your efforts in making the habit stick.
Another fail! I am getting furious now!
I lost the track on the day count - but I am really enjoyinh this now. I go for a walk, do meditation/ pranayam then get to my organic kitchen garden. I have so many plans for the coming year! Staying consistent...Enjoying it most.
Yes! I always fail at this .. But I am still trying not to put myself down!
I have been consistent for 35 days.
For the ast 20 days I am waking up early.. Yes, I did fail a couple of days, but I wasn't well. But didn't waste another day with that excuse. Just being consistent.
This should be so obvious it doesn’t need mentioning, but it’s easy to setup a habit because you feel you should rather than you really want to. Pick an investment that you’ll be really happy about waking up an hour earlier to work on.
Writing something on my journey so far..
I tried planting tomato with the tomato slices, scallions, carrots! They turned out so well - really happy with my organic garden!
Oops! Sorry I never shared what I have intended to do in clear words. But I have been pretty skinny, I used to avoid going out even.. However, I have never been an obese person. I decide to stop being introvert and work on my physical look as well as my confidence level. I started with workout, dietery changes and I have gained 10 pounds in last few weeks.
I have worked on my lil' kitchen garden.. celery, herbs, tomato...
Got some help from youtube !!
I used to do painting as a kid. So I have decided to do a bit og workout and then paint ...
Truly inspiring!! I wanna paint something like this but totally out of practice.
I started doing a bit of gardening now as well. Loved to set up small garden in my backyard.
Yeah, it's an energy killer.